Linah Mimms Eaker1,2,3

Family Chart
ID# 21301, (1898 - )
FatherJohn Eaker4,5 (Apr 1865 - 29 Dec 1910)
MotherLillian Faulkner Adams4,6,7 (20 Oct 1874 - 15 May 1941)

Key Events:

Birth: 25 Sep 1898, Manhattan, New York Co., New York8,9,10
AncestryThe Linah Mims - Rebecca Davis Family

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Narrative:

     Linah Mimms Eaker was born on 25 Sep 1898 in Manhattan, New York Co., New York.8,9,10 He appeared on the 1900 Federal Census of Brooklyn, Kings Co., New York, in the household of his parents, John Eaker and Lillian Faulkner Adams.5
     His father evidently contacted a serious disease sometime 28 Mar 1909 and was admitted to the Home for Incurables. Linah and his mother went to live with her parents.11 Linah appeared with his mother, on the 1910 Federal Census of Manhattan, New York Co., New York, in the household of Richardson F. Adams and Helen Scott, her parents.12
     His father died on 29 Dec 1910, when Linah was 12 years old.13
     Linah appeared with his mother on the 1915 State Census of 242 W. 11th St., New York, New York Co., New York, in the household of Richardson F. Adams and Helen Scott, her parents.14
     Linah enrolled at Columbia University, in the class of 1920. He appears as a freshman in the University's 1916-17 catalog and as a sophomore in the 1917-18 issue. Later issues have not been found and it is unknown whether he completed his schooling.15
     Linah was seaman 2nd class in the U.S. Navy Reserve Forces from 24 Jul 1918 until 11 Nov 1918. He served at the Naval Reserve Training Station at Pelham Bay Park, New York.1
     He appeared on the 1920 Federal Census of Corona, Queens Co., New York, in the household of his mother, Lillian Faulkner Adams, and stepfather, Lewis A. Smalley.16 He appeared on the 1930 Federal Census of Queens Co., New York, in the household of his mother and step-father.17
     He was a clerk in an office in 1920, and in 1930 was working in advertising in the publishing industry.18,19
     The last record that has been found Linah is a newspaper clipping reporting that a couple from New Jersey had attended a birthday masquerade in his honor in Sep 1933. He has not been found in the 1940 census nor has a death record been found.20

Citations

  1. [S7619] Linah Mimms Eaker, New York State Abstracts of World War I Military Service, 1917–1919.
  2. [S7620] Columbia Univerisity Bulletin of Information, 1916-1917, pg 333, and 1917-1918, pg 342, show name as Linah Mimmes Eaker.
  3. [S7607] Mary Macrery household, 1900 U.S. Census, Kings Co., New York, shows name as Lina M. Eaker.
  4. [S7613] "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," FamilySearch.org, record for Sinah Grismus Eaker, citing cn 37509a and FHL #1953366.
  5. [S7607] Mary Macrery household, 1900 U.S. Census, Kings Co., New York.
  6. [S7607] Mary Macrery household, 1900 U.S. Census, Kings Co., New York, shows him as the son of her husband and that the parents had been married longer than the age of the child.
  7. [S7611] Lewis Smalley household, 1920 U.S. Census, Queens Co., New York, shows her as wife and him as stepson of head of household.
  8. [S7613] "New York, New York City Births, 1846-1909," FamilySearch.org, record for Sinah Grismus Eaker, citing cn 37509a and FHL #1953366, shows date, city, county, and state.
  9. [S7607] Mary Macrery household, 1900 U.S. Census, Kings Co., New York, shows month, year, age 1, and state.
  10. [S7615] Richardson F. Adams household, 1910 U.S. Census, New York Co., New York, shows age 12 and state.
  11. [S7694] John Eaker, Certificate and Record of Death, shows date of admission.
  12. [S7615] Richardson F. Adams household, 1910 U.S. Census, New York Co., New York.
  13. [S7694] John Eaker, Certificate and Record of Death.
  14. [S7614] Richardson F. Adams household, 1915 New York State Census, New York Co., New York, New York.
  15. [S7620] Columbia Univerisity Bulletin of Information, 1916-1917, pg 333, and 1917-1918, pg 342.
  16. [S7611] Lewis Smalley household, 1920 U.S. Census, Queens Co., New York.
  17. [S7618] Louis Smally household, 1930 U.S. Census, Queens Co., New York.
  18. [S7611] Lewis Smalley household, 1920 U.S. Census, Queens Co., New York, shows occupation as clerk, industy as office.
  19. [S7618] Louis Smally household, 1930 U.S. Census, Queens Co., New York, shows occupation as advertising, industy as publishing.
  20. [S7621] "Mr. and Mrs. J. S. Farrell Home -- Other Bergen Social Notes," The Jersey Journal, 27 Sep 1933.